so through tonight, we will have some showery bursts of rain for northern ireland, parts of scotland,thern england, whereas further south with light winds, clear skies, it's going to be another cold one, a frosty one with some mist and fog, but less cold, though, further north underneath the cloud and the rain. so for monday, then, it is a north—south divide. we start off with some showery rain across scotland, northern ireland, northern england. some of that rain just getting into the east midlands at times, but for much of wales, the midlands, southern england, after a cold start, we should stay dry through the day with light winds and some sunshine. those temperatures will be up a degree right across the board. hello this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines... hopes for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, as she is released from house arrest in iran. but a new court case against her is scheduled for next week it's not the release we wanted. it's not that ticket home and her passport back and coming back to us. schools in england re—open to all pupils tomorrow — the first step in e

but across northern england, wales, northern ireland and scotland, little overall change.pretty cloudy. a reminder of our top story... the duke of edinburgh has been discharged from hospital a month after being admitted, after undergoing a successful heart procedure. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england won the toss and chose to field first in the third match of their twenty20 series in ahmedabad. this is captain eoin morgan's one hundreth t20, the first england men's player to reach that milestone. india a without loss in the early stages. the remaining matches of this series now being played without fans because of rising coronavirus rates in gujarat. the series is level at 1—1. there's text commentary on the bbc sport website and app. we're under way on the opening day of the cheltenham festival, also being staged without fans, in contrast to last year with appreciate it winning the first race of the day — the su

scotland as well. for most it is cloudy, and it has been raining in north—west wales and north—west england. increasingly into northernnd and scotland, lots of rain to come in the next few days. a blustery afternoon, but temperatures widely into the teens. rain returns at times to north england and north wales. thoroughly wet in western parts of scotland, particularly around the west island, but look at these temperatures on monday morning. 12 sent thirteens through the central strip. —— 12s and 13s through the central strip a bit of sunshine to northern scotland, but the club breaks up quite widely across central and southern parts of england and wales later, and just take a look — 20 celsius possible, could get warmer on tuesday. more in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the un demands international action to stop what it calls a shocking wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. ahead of a further easing of restrictions in england tomorrow, the culture secretary 0liver dowden says the country is on track and he hopes lifting of curbs will be "irreversible". but the national medical directo

further north, the rain moves into northern scotland late in the day. ll be. and we could see temperatures going as high as 17 celisus in the warmest spots. welcome to bbc news. i'm mark lobel with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. europe braces for a third wave of coronavirus infections with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. president biden visits atlanta after the murder of eight people this week, he calls for unity and an end to violence against asian americans. tanzania swears in its first female president after the death ofjohn magufuli on wednesday. hot lava lights up the night sky as a volcano erupts near the icelandic capital reykjavic.

day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotlandngland, wales and the midlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to ii in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter. this is bbc news. our top stories: george floyd's family will receive $27 million after he died while in police custody. their lawyer says it's just a starting point. it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. the governor of new york andrew cuomo is resisting growing pressure to resign, following allegations of sexual misconduct. in new zealand, a national service is held to remember the 5

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the clearest skies likely across parts of eastern and south—eastern scotland and into northern england two mist patches and temperatures getting very close to freezing, even a degree or so below freezing in one or two places. but where it stays cloudier, most likely towards the south—east and the north—west of the uk, it is not going to be quite as cold. but high pressure will stay in charge during tomorrow. quite a few isobars, though, quite a few white lines you can see towards the north—west of the country, so the winds will be a little bit stronger through the day across parts of northern ireland and scotland and that breeze will feed more cloud in here as well, even the odd spot of rain for western scotland. eastern scotland should see some brightness and certainly we will see some sunny spells across england and wales once any early mist is cleared. still some fairly large areas of cloud around and temperatures around 10—14 , not far off, really, where they have been throughout this weekend. now, as we move out of monday and into tuesday, high pressure will try to hold on, but th

a little less cold in scotland and northern ireland. n, but the odd spot in parts of northern england and northern ireland can't be ruled out. to the south, after a frosty start, still a fair amount of cloud around, maybe a few early mist and fog patches, but significant weather changes on the way into midweek. goodbye, high pressure. hello, low pressure. and that does mean a change to, yes, slightly milder weather coming our way, but some potentially disruptive wet and windy weather once more. this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: pope francis begins his historic visit to iraq with an appealfor all religions to come together and work for peace. gunshots more clashes in myanmar — as the united nations security council meets to decide what action to take against its military rulers. "a greater mass trauma than world war ii" — the head of the who says the effects of the pandemic will be felt for years to come. and, the disconnected phonebox injapan that helps relatives remember loved ones lost in the fukushima disaster ten

day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotlandales and the midlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to 11 in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week, but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: a serving metropolitan police officer is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. wayne couzens will appear in court this morning. campaigners say there's still hope of a vigil in sarah's memory today, despite a knockback at the high court. the family of george floyd reach a multimillion—dollar sett

scotland. some mist and fog patches as well. will not be far away quite cloudy for northern ireland, western scotland sunshine from time to time with the best of the temperatures 13, 1a through the midlands, south—east england, east anglia and the north—east of scotland. moving on tuesday, the breeze tends to pick up a bit. bringing in a lot of cloud, the best of the sunshine in the east, further west some light rain and drizzle, then some rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland during the day, and again between 11 and 13 celsius. this is bbc news — i'm philippa thomas with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. violent clashes on the streets of bristol — thousands protest against increased police powers to control british demonstrations. blocked off, now, the end of the city center street, but also the side roads too. and they are doing it from behind, but there are still about a thousand people in here and now they are being left with nowhere to go. mass evacuations — as south—east australia is struck by the worst floods in a century — the prime minister off

quite cloudy for northern ireland, north of scotland and north—west england, some rain and drizzle herest of the temperatures 13, 1a through the midlands, south—east england and the north—east of scotland. moving on tuesday, the breeze tends to pick up a bit. bringing in a lot of cloud, the best of the sunshine in the east, further west some light rain and drizzle, then some rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland during the day with temperatures between 11 and 13 celsius. tonight at ten... violent clashes on the streets of bristol, as hundreds protest against increased police powers to deal with demonstrations. two officers are injured, as missiles are thrown and police vehicles are torched. the home secretary, priti patel, has described

for northern ireland and scotland, sunshine and showers will be replaced by some more widespread heavyengthening south—westerly wind. temperatures ranging from seven or 8 degrees in northern scotland to 13 or maybe 1a across parts of eastern england. now, through wednesday evening, our first frontal system will finally clear away. this next band of showery rain will push southeastwards and a new packet of showers will push in across northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the night. some clear skies in between. temperatures in most places will stay above freezing. a few prone locations could just see a touch of frost. and then thursday is a classic sunshine and showers day. some of the showers will be heavy, possibly thundery, most widespread across western and northern parts of the uk, and it will be fairly breezy out there as well. temperatures at this stage quite respectable, ten to maybe 1a degrees in places. but those temperatures are set to drop, as this cold front swings through during thursday night into friday. it'll take rain with it. some of that rain will linger

cloudier parts of north—west england and northern scotland brightened up and northern scotland brightenedies through the night, well, that is where temperatures are going to drop. the clearest of the sky is likely against eastern and south—eastern scotland, into the midlands and wales, one or two missed patches and temperatures getting very close to freezing or even a degree below freezing and placing. it is not going to be quite as cold but high pressure will stay in charge during tomorrow, quite a few isobars, quite of few white lines you can see towards the north—west of the country, so the winds will be a little bit stronger to the day across parts of northern ireland and scotland in that breeze will feed more cloud in here, even the odd spot of rain for western scotland. eastern scotland should see some brightness and certainly we will see some sunny spells across england and wales once mist and is cleared. still some fairly large areas of cloud around and temperatures 10—14 , not far off what they have been throughout this weekend. as we move out of monday and introduced a high pres

less cold in scotland and northern ireland. on monday, in scotland, outbreaks of rain.air amount of cloud around, a few early mist and fog patches. significant weather changes on the way— significant weather changes on the way into midweek. goodbye at high — the way into midweek. goodbye at high pressure, hello low pressure, that does mean a change _ pressure, that does mean a change to slightly milder weather coming our way but some potentially disruptive wet and windy — potentially disruptive wet and windy weather once more. hello, welcome, you're watching bbc news. our main headlines: pope francis has urged iraq's different religious communities to join together in a journey towards peace. his call comes at the start of the first—ever papal visit to the country, where he's also called for an end to violence and extremism. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that democracy must be restored to the country. christine schraner said anti—coup demonstrators were beginning to lose faith in the united nations. protests against last month's militar

for stops looking ahead to monday, looks quite cloudy for western scotland, western england in northern scotlandfrom time to time. highest temperatures 13, 14 degrees weather clouds a bit thinner through the midlands, the southeast and also the midlands, the southeast and also the northeast of scotland. high pressure then in charge. the centre of the high start to drift away towards continental europe on tuesday. allowing more of a cell to south—westerly breeze. simple breeze picking up in most areas on tuesday for that we may have a fair bit of cloud around. the best of the sunshine across more sheltered eastern areas in northern ireland in eastern areas in northern ireland in eastern scotland we got a weather front arriving and that will start to bring rain. could be drizzle across western areas of the day as well. that weather front is going to signal a change to top it's not bringing much rain at all but it will move down across the country, opening up more of an atlantic airstream heading our way and bring it with it some more unsettled weather. this weather front, it with it some more unse

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the sunshine going further north into southern and eastern scotland and perhaps northern ireland but north—west of scotland it will stay wet and windy. the temperatures creep up ever higher and we could see 22 or 23 across eastern parts of england and that is well above the seasonal norm. from wednesday we hold onto the other front across the north, could see some snow over the hard ground as cold northerly winds begin to begin, a sunnier england and wales. another 11, 22 or 23, compare that to some colder air arriving across the northern half of scotland, single figure values here. the cold air winds out towards the end of the week. behind the cold front it sinks southwards, it opens the door to the colder air moving south from iceland. you can see the blue colours advancing southwards as well as we close the week and heading on into the week and all areas will be much colder even as we head on into the easter weekend. it will feel chilly but by day and by night. some sunshine around, if few wintry showers in places and a return to overnight frost. thank you. a reminder of our top st

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to this evening where we see clear skies particularly to eastern scotland and northern england, midlandsst in places. is called elsewhere where we keep more in the way of cloud but high pressure was going to be in charge of the scene to start the new working week and that means more fine settled weather although it will be breezy across north—western area south through northern ireland and scotland that breed will introduce more in the way of cloud, perhaps splash of rain the high ground in western scotland. some sunny spells once early mist has cleared. patches of cloud abandon temperatures generally between 11 and 14. not far from where they have been over this weekend. as we move into tuesday hoping she will still be fairly close by the centre of the high pulls out into the near continent. a frontal system approaching from the west which will take its time to move in. tuesday is a largely dry day for most. some rain later in the day and northern ireland in western where it will also be turning quite windy. the sunshine further south and eastern temperatures getting up to 12 or 13 degr

a few showers in northern scotland maybe one or two north east coast. will be dry and bright for the best of sunshine in the west temperatures not they 20s, lucky to get into double figures for some. we continue to run the fear of showers and eastern areas during easter weekend. showers and eastern areas during easterweekend. high showers and eastern areas during easter weekend. high pressure moving westward opening the door increasingly to arctic air. it turns colder through easter weekend for the could be quite windy at times, level of wintry showers, the level of risk of snow depends on how much influence at high pressure has but certainly something to note. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven. lockdown eases in wales — the first uk nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. borisjohnson says england's road map out of lockdown remains on track — as it's revealed covid booster jabs may be available as early as september. mp kenny macaskill says he will quit the snp to stand for election within alex salmond's new par

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further north, the rain moves into northern scotland late in the day. d northeast england, that is where the best of the sunshine will be. and we could see temperatures going as high as 17 celisus in the warmest spots. welcome to bbc news. i'm mark lobel. our top stories: europe braces for a third wave of coronavirus infections with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. the french prime minister gets the astrazeneca vaccine and urges others to do the same, as the eu resumes use of the jab. president biden visits atlanta after the murder of eight people this week. he calls for unity and an end to violence against asian americans. they've been attacked, blamed, scapegoated and harassed. they've been verbally assaulted, physically assaulted, physically assaulted, killed. tanzania swears in theirfirst female president after the death of john magufuli on wednesday.

a frontal system across northern scotland is bringing across northern scotland is bringing a little bit or mouse. cloud do vary. temperatures were that we have a slice of sunshine in eastern scotland, already up to 15, i6 scotland, already up to 15, 16 degrees in places. it feels like spring weather we have the sunshine. many other spots will stick with a lot of cloud through the afternoon. where it has been quite bright across the south—east of england, it has been clouding over. that would have front is pushing its way southwards across scotland, with a little bit of patchy rain. that will continue southwards overnight. the rain will continue to fizzle away. behind the winner front, the skies will clear out a little bit. when there are clear skies, some places could get close to freezing. the remnants of that with a front will be setting in place across south wales, south—west england morning. as the front clears away, mourning at the way of sunshine for more places during tomorrow. the winds will come into the coastal parts of north—east england, for example, so not quite as warm her

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the country, we are expecting further cloud and outbreaks of rain, especially in western and northern scotland, but as far as northern ireland england and the dan it is going to be pretty much the same as what we have had today so far. goodbye. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: pressure grows on the uk government over its pay offer to health service staff in england — more unions join the backlash. speaking out for dialogue — pope francis meets one of the most powerfulfigures in shia islam on day two of his historic trip to iraq. concerns over unnecessary self—isolation for schoolchildren in england, because of inaccurate coronavirus test results. a warning for the un security council that anti—coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose faith in the organisation. now on bbc news, while the west bought billions of vaccines quickly and cheaply, some people argue a global vaccine apartheid is unfolding, with less wealthy nations missing out on supplies. zeinab badhawi and guests discuss in global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. world leaders are

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so monday's a north—south divide, we will have the showery bursts of rain for northern ireland, parts of scotlandt of the dry and brighter weather will be across wales, the midlands, southern england, after that cold start, we should see sunny spells. i think temperatures up a degree or so right across the board, nines and ten celsius for many of us. now, for tuesday, we've got our area of high—pressure really retreating away now, and it's going to allow the first of these areas of deep low pressure to move into the far west of the country later on tuesday. but for tuesday itself, actually quite a pleasant day for many. we will see the winds picking up from the southwest, but plenty of sunshine across central, eastern and southern areas where we will see temperatures reach highs of around 11—12 celsius, but thicker cloud, stronger wind developing out west with some rain as that first low moves in. now, the reason things turn very windy indeed is that powerful jet will develop across the north atlantic, aiming towards our shores and steering these deep areas of low pressure, which will develop und

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another cold front will push into the far north of the uk, bringing rain to northern scotland late in as well from that slow—moving front across england and wales. that's why it's going to stay cloudy here, but we'll see some sunshine. central and southern scotland, and particularly north—east england, that's where the best of the sunshine is going to be, and it's going to be a much warmer day across north—east england. in the warmest spots, temperatures reach 17 celsius. but those north—westerly winds bringing some cooler weather into north—west england and north wales as well. sunday, while a cold front will have moved across most of the uk bringing cloudy weather across england wales again, what that cold front is going to do, well, it's going to introduce cooler and fresher air. so sunday, temperature—wise, temperatures not quite as high, still, though, managing to reach double figures for most of us. what about next week? well, of the area of high—pressure bringing the settled weather is going to continue to influence our weather, but it will probably gradually turn a little more

patchy cloud and drizzle across scotland and northern ireland working south. udy for frost in the far south but a misty and murky start to southern england and south wales. patchy light rain and drizzle. we could see grey in parts of cornell and the channel islands. elsewhere, and the channel islands. elsewhere, a day of light winds, largely try but the chance of some sunshine especially if it is being grey in the past few days. temperatures are slightly down. through sunday night into monday, this is where it gets colder and greater chance of frost for england and wales as we go into the new week. high to begin with, that slips away and weather fronts working so next week expect a return to rain and strong winds for scotland and northern ireland. goodbye for now.

scotland. feeling quite chilly in northern ireland and scotland. feeling quite chilly at winter. part of the night, after thatjust the first part of the night, after that just a scattering the first part of the night, after thatjust a scattering coming in towards the west, why are many places will be drier. temperatures overnight could see a touch of frost, and parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. a lot of fine weather to start the day tomorrow, but it will not last, come here comes the next weather system bringing rain to northern ireland and some of western scotland, wales as well and western parts of england into the midlands through the afternoon. north—east scotland will be largely dry with some sunshine, east anglia and south—east england eventually getting that rain late into the evening and temperatures a bit higher tomorrow, ever so slightly, is not quite as windy. this latest area of rain will clear wait south eastwards as we get into tomorrow night, still with a few shows heading into the west, but the main story about next week's weather is high pressure

there's not a great deal of rain and drizzle left overnight across scotland and northern ireland. nd, wales and into the midlands. that low cloud will tend to lift and break up and we'll see sunshine developing more widely. going to be a dry day as well. the winds are significant because we no longer have that warmer south—westerly wind. instead, it's more of a north wind, and that of course is going to bring in air down from the colder north sea, so it will be significantly colder tomorrow for some eastern parts of england and the midlands. the last of the warmth is there in the south—west at 18 or 19. it's dry, though, because high pressure is extending down across the uk. it's bringing with it that chillier air, mind you, so by the time we get to good friday, it's still quiet, still dry, still breezy, some sunshine at times, best of which likely to be out towards the west. temperatures here could make 13 degrees, iii degrees at best, certainly nine or ten around those north sea coasts. that's below average for the time of year and quite a change from what we've seen, and it stay

it will turn increasingly wet across northern ireland and western scotland through this afternoon, a unt of cloud creeping down into northern england, north wales, the best sunshine further south and east with highs of 13—14 . through the afternoon, gusts of up to 70 mph in exposed parts of northern scotland. that wet and fairly blustery weather will push southeastwards through the night with a mix of clear spells and wintry showers following on behind. the weather chart tomorrow is a complex one, this first frontal system pushing through, but then it bends back out into the atlantic, bringing a new surge of wet weather during tomorrow, tied in with a deep area of low pressure which will bring some very strong and potentially damaging winds. we start off tomorrow across scotland with sunshine and wintry showers, elsewhere outbreaks of rain, piling its way northwards through the day. generally speaking quite blustery out there, temperatures ranging from 7 degrees in north—west scotland to 12 across parts of the midlands and south wales. as we head into wednesday evening, the winds will

day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotland and the midlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to 11 in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter. this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of george floyd — the unarmed black man killed when restrained by a white police officer — is to receive $27 million in compensation from the city of minneapolis. it's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. new york's governor andrew cuomo says he will not bow to quote, "cancel culture" and resign. there are growing calls for him to st

some of that into northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland.ees. but don't get too used to it. another big change on the way from mid week onwards towards the easter weekend. this frontal system sinks southwards, cold air plunges back in from the north, so quite a range of temperatures this week. london, for an example, 23 on tuesday down to 9 degrees by good friday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... lockdown eases in wales — the first uk nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. borisjohnson says england's road map out of lockdown remains on track, as it's revealed covid booster jabs may be available as early as september. mp kenny macaskill says he will quit the snp to stand for election within alex salmond's new party. the un says it's received �*shocking' reports of violence in myanmar —

day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotlandmidlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to 11 in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter. welcome to bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: george floyd's family will receive $27 million after he died while in police custody. their lawyer says it's just a starting point. it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. the governor of new york andrew cuomo is resisting growing pressure to resign, following allegations of sexual misconduct. in new zealand — a national service to remember the 51

in scotland and northern ireiand in— movements in scotland and northern ireland in northern irelandr trading and for the values of those countries, has brought these issues to the _ countries, has brought these issues to the fore — countries, has brought these issues to the fore. and interestingly, nicola — to the fore. and interestingly, nicola sturgeon again, such a bad time he _ nicola sturgeon again, such a bad time he really because they really do want _ time he really because they really do want to— time he really because they really do want to get that landslide victory~ — do want to get that landslide victory. i'm sure she will be working _ victory. i'm sure she will be working really hard the next two weeks _ working really hard the next two weeks to — working really hard the next two weeks to make up the ground for that _ weeks to make up the ground for that if— weeks to make up the ground for that. if they do get a big landslide victory— that. if they do get a big landslide victory becomes harder and harder for boris _ victory becomes harder and harder for borisjohnson to

so, temperatures 8 degrees down across northern scotland on wednesday. 14 for belfast but we're stillt sinks further south across the uk. high pressure comes to dominate, so essentially a lot of fine weather but it's moved us, that change in things into cooler air across the board. we'll still have something a little bit milder in the south west — 18,19 celsius in cardiff, but big changes when you contrast thursday to today particularly northern england and scotland. and then end of the week, we're getting into good friday and the start of the easter weekend. the high re—orientates itself again. we move into a northerly plunge of air having gone from sub—saharan air, we are now basically into arctic air, and it will start to feel much chillier indeed. the weather picture looks pretty quiet for good friday. there will be a lot of fine weather around, perhaps some sticker cloud coming in from the north sea to the eastern side of england, that will add to the cooler feel as well. look at the temperatures, right back down where they should be, barely making it into double figures in some

looking ahead to monday, looks quite cloudy for western scotland, northwest england and northern scotlandooks dry, sunshine from time to time. highest temperatures 13, 14 degrees where the clouds a bit thinner through the midlands, the southeast and also the northeast of scotland. high pressure then in charge. the centre of the high starts to drift away towards continental europe on tuesday. allowing more of a south to south—westerly breeze. a noticable breeze picking up in most areas on tuesday and we may have a fair bit of cloud around. the best of the sunshine across more sheltered eastern areas in northern ireland in eastern scotland we've got a weather front arriving and that will start to bring rain. could be drizzle across western areas of the day as well. that weatherfront is going to signal a change. it's not bringing much rain at all but it will move down across the country, opening up more of an atlantic airstream heading our way and bringing it's with it some more unsettled weather. this weather front, there it is they are, producing a bit of rain and drizzle as it heads towar

a few showers in northern scotland, maybe one or two to north—east coasts, but most places will be dry 205. lucky to get into double figures for some. now, we continue to run a feed of showers in eastern areas through into easter weekend. high pressure moving its way westwards, opening the door increasingly to arctic air, so it turns colder through easter weekend. it could be quite windy at times too. a level of wintry showers. the risk of snow depends just how much influence that high pressure has, but certainly something to note. wales becomes the first uk nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. the country is still shut to visitors but welsh residents today made the most of their newfound freedom. the kids love being out here — ice cream and chips. it feels amazing, being out with our family. also in the programme tonight... scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says there are "significant questions" over her predecessor, alex salmond's plans to return to public office. 0n the deadliest day since last month's military takeover in myanmar, dozens of people are repo

a little less cold in scotland and northern ireland. w outbreaks of rain, but the odd spot in parts of northern england and northern ireland can't be ruled out. to the south, after a frosty start, still a fair amount of cloud around, maybe a few early mist and fog patches. but significant weather changes on the way into midweek. goodbye, high pressure, hello, low pressure, and that does mean a change to, yes, slightly milder weather coming our way and some potentially disruptive wet and windy weather once more. welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: pope francis begins his historic visit to iraq with an appealfor all religions to come together and work for peace. more clashes in myanmar as the united nations security council meets to decide what action to take against the generals who seized power. "a greater mass trauma than world war ii" — the head of the who says the effects of the pandemic will be felt for years to come. hello and welcome to bbc news.

for scotland and for northern ireland. to edge its way gradually a little bit further south. temperatures first thing wednesday morning won't be quite as chilly as first thing tuesday morning, so typically between seven to 9 degrees. now as we head through tuesday night into wednesday, there is the weather front which is slowly during wednesday morning will start to filter its way a little bit further south. so the rain's continuing across parts of scotland through the day, very slowly some of it nudging across northern ireland and really england and wales staying quite dry once again on wednesday and with those clear, blue skies it will be another warm day. very warm in fact for march, between 19 to 23 degrees once again but things starting to turn a little bit cooler across scotland and northern ireland. 11 or 12 degrees here and single figures across the northern half of scotland. that's down to the fact this weather front is introducing colder air from the north, towards the end of the week as that slips its way down to

but above 20 for england and wales, up in the high teens for scotland and northern ireland. ting again across the western half of scotland, but it will start to edge its way gradually a little bit further south. temperatures first thing wednesday morning won't be quite as chilly as first thing tuesday morning, so typically between 7—9 celsius. now as we head through tuesday night into wednesday, there is the weather front, which slowly during wednesday morning will start to filter its way a little further south. so the rain's continuing across parts of scotland through the day, very slowly, some of it nudging across northern ireland. really, england and wales staying dry once again on wednesday, and with those clear, blue skies, it will be another warm day. very warm in fact for march, between 19—23 degrees once again, but things starting to turn a little bit cooler across scotland and northern ireland too. 11 or 12 here, and single figures across the northern half of scotland. that's down to the fact that this weather front is introducing colder air from the north towards th